‘Petty or Racist?’ Former White House Photographer Bashes Trump for Moving Obama Portrait Out of Sight

Sarah Rumpf Aug 12th, 2025, 9:55 pm

Official White House photo by Pete Souza.

Pete Souza , the former Chief Official White House Photographer, wrote a post on Instagram Tuesday bashing President Donald Trump for what he deemed a “pretty petty” move to hide former President Barack Obama’s portrait.

Souza served as White House photographer for President Ronald Reagan and Obama, along with a nine-year stint as a photographer with the Washington, D.C. bureau and as a freelancer for and magazines. He has published several books with collections of his photographs of presidents and earned widespread recognition for several famous photos, including the May 1, 2011 scene in the Si

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